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Utah Police Tase Naked Woman Who Wrecked Stolen Cruiser

June 23, 2010

West Valley (Utah) police officers Tasered and handcuffed a 31-year-old naked woman who led two pursuits, including one in which she stole and totaled a department cruiser, the Salt Lake Tribune reports.

The unnamed woman stole the vehicle of a man who was putting up business signs. The man, who gave chase driving her abandoned car, and officers converged on her near a wooded area. She eluded officers, jumped into a patrol car, and led officers on a pursuit that ended with her arrest.

A former police officer—now an elected official with the Missouri House of Representatives—wants to force any city with a population of 5,000 or fewer inhabitants, with an area of less than two square miles, to disband its police department and contract for law enforcement services with either the county police department or a larger neighboring city.